"Have you not observed what these people are saying, `The LORD has rejected the two families which he chose'? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Do you not consider - literally, Have you not seen, i. e., noticed?

This people - i. e., the Jews.

Thus ... - Or…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken... — The words that follow have been regarded by many commentators as t…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

This will be literally fulfilled in the latter days, I do not doubt, but it is even now being fulfilled to the spiritual seed of Jacob and David. T…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He now gives a reason why he had spoken so extensively about the deliverance of the people and their perpetual preservation: it was because the ble…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Do you not consider what this people have spoken The words are directed to the prophet by an interrogation, if he had not…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made by God to be righ…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. Here, he turns back the derision of the enemy.

First, the insult is given: two families, namely, the royal family …

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